Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 9 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 544 342 786
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 9.49% 13.17% 13.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.70% 39.63% 46.98%
Number of salaries quoted 249 291 715
10th Percentile £24,000 £26,250 £27,250
25th Percentile £27,750 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £73,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -7.69%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,524 863 1,673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 26.58% 33.24% 29.53%
Number of salaries quoted 670 627 1,441
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £34,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,143
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +11.36% -14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,688 £82,995 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 3 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 3 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Essex -4 118 £40,500 -2.41% 54
Hertfordshire -17 116 £60,000 +9.09% 48
Cambridgeshire +4 115 £60,100 +20.20% 37
Suffolk +23 73 £67,500 +38.46% 27
Norfolk +1 67 £60,000 +87.50% 21
Bedfordshire +6 52 £14,000 -72.00% 16
East Anglia 0 1 £95,000 +65.22% 24
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 43 (7.90%) SharePoint
2 35 (6.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.02%) WordPress
4 9 (1.65%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.92%) CMS
7 1 (0.18%) Apache
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.18%) Umbraco
Applications
1 73 (13.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.55%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (1.65%) Dynamics AX
1 9 (1.65%) Dynamics GP
2 7 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.92%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.37%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 118 (21.69%) Microsoft 365
2 116 (21.32%) Power Platform
3 96 (17.65%) AWS
4 80 (14.71%) Azure AI
5 73 (13.42%) Entra ID
6 27 (4.96%) GCP
7 24 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (4.41%) GitHub
8 22 (4.04%) Azure Logic Apps
8 22 (4.04%) PowerApps
8 22 (4.04%) Snowflake
9 21 (3.86%) Azure Data Factory
10 19 (3.49%) OneDrive
11 16 (2.94%) Power Automate
11 16 (2.94%) SaaS
12 13 (2.39%) IaaS
13 10 (1.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 9 (1.65%) PaaS
15 8 (1.47%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 8 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 64 (11.76%) Firewall
2 25 (4.60%) TCP/IP
3 24 (4.41%) VPN
4 22 (4.04%) DNS
4 22 (4.04%) WAN
5 18 (3.31%) DHCP
6 16 (2.94%) Internet
6 16 (2.94%) LAN
7 6 (1.10%) Broadband
7 6 (1.10%) SAN
7 6 (1.10%) WLAN
8 5 (0.92%) Network Security
8 5 (0.92%) VLAN
9 4 (0.74%) DMZ
9 4 (0.74%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.74%) Wireless
10 3 (0.55%) SSL
11 1 (0.18%) IPv4
11 1 (0.18%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (19.30%) Power BI
2 76 (13.97%) Tableau
3 24 (4.41%) SQL Server
4 23 (4.23%) Azure SQL Database
5 18 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (2.39%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (1.47%) BigQuery
8 8 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (1.29%) MySQL
10 6 (1.10%) Looker
10 6 (1.10%) MongoDB
10 6 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (1.10%) Redis
10 6 (1.10%) Snowflake Schema
11 4 (0.74%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.55%) Big Data
13 2 (0.37%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.37%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 18 (3.31%) Git
2 10 (1.84%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.29%) JIRA
4 6 (1.10%) MLflow
5 1 (0.18%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.18%) MSTest
5 1 (0.18%) NUnit
5 1 (0.18%) Selenium
5 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.18%) TestNG
General
1 292 (53.68%) Social Skills
2 66 (12.13%) Finance
3 26 (4.78%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (4.23%) Law
5 16 (2.94%) Multimedia
6 13 (2.39%) Public Sector
7 11 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.02%) Publishing
8 9 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (1.47%) Marketing
10 6 (1.10%) Retail
11 4 (0.74%) Banking
11 4 (0.74%) Legal
11 4 (0.74%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.55%) Advertising
13 2 (0.37%) Police
Job Titles
1 149 (27.39%) Analyst
2 142 (26.10%) Junior
3 136 (25.00%) Junior Analyst
4 69 (12.68%) Security Analyst
5 68 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 68 (12.50%) Data Analyst
5 68 (12.50%) Junior Data Analyst
5 68 (12.50%) Junior Security Analyst
6 67 (12.32%) IT Support
7 52 (9.56%) Developer
8 49 (9.01%) Senior
9 45 (8.27%) Architect
10 44 (8.09%) Ethical Hacker
11 37 (6.80%) IT Engineer
12 34 (6.25%) Support Engineer
13 32 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
14 27 (4.96%) IT Support Engineer
15 26 (4.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 25 (4.60%) Lead
16 25 (4.60%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (7.72%) CSS
2 32 (5.88%) HTML
3 24 (4.41%) .NET
4 17 (3.13%) REST
5 15 (2.76%) .NET Core
6 13 (2.39%) JSON
7 11 (2.02%) jQuery
7 11 (2.02%) React
8 10 (1.84%) SOAP
9 9 (1.65%) PyTorch
9 9 (1.65%) TensorFlow
10 8 (1.47%) HTML5 Canvas
10 8 (1.47%) Microsoft Graph
10 8 (1.47%) scikit-learn
10 8 (1.47%) SPFx
11 7 (1.29%) ASP.NET
11 7 (1.29%) Kafka
12 6 (1.10%) LangChain
12 6 (1.10%) LlamaIndex
12 6 (1.10%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.09%) Cyberattack
2 32 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 12 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (2.21%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (1.47%) Clustering
5 8 (1.47%) Low-Code
6 7 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.10%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.10%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.10%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.10%) Robotics
8 5 (0.92%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (0.92%) PKI
8 5 (0.92%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.74%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (0.74%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 95 (17.46%) Windows
2 63 (11.58%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.57%) Windows Server 2016
4 10 (1.84%) Linux
4 10 (1.84%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (1.65%) Android
6 8 (1.47%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.29%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.92%) VMS
9 4 (0.74%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (31.99%) Cybersecurity
2 116 (21.32%) AI
3 113 (20.77%) Mentoring
4 107 (19.67%) Business Intelligence
5 70 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
6 63 (11.58%) Agile
7 46 (8.46%) DevOps
8 45 (8.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 44 (8.09%) Ethical Hacking
10 39 (7.17%) Roadmaps
11 38 (6.99%) Analytics
11 38 (6.99%) ITIL
12 35 (6.43%) Stakeholder Management
13 34 (6.25%) CI/CD
13 34 (6.25%) ERP
14 30 (5.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 29 (5.33%) Data Modelling
16 28 (5.15%) Software Engineering
17 27 (4.96%) Computer Science
18 25 (4.60%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 130 (23.90%) SQL
2 125 (22.98%) Python
3 46 (8.46%) C#
4 38 (6.99%) JavaScript
4 38 (6.99%) PowerShell
5 19 (3.49%) PHP
6 13 (2.39%) Java
6 13 (2.39%) R
7 11 (2.02%) TypeScript
8 10 (1.84%) C++
9 6 (1.10%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.92%) Bash
11 2 (0.37%) Bicep
11 2 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 232 (42.65%) Azure Certification
2 69 (12.68%) CompTIA CySA+
2 69 (12.68%) CompTIA Security+
3 51 (9.38%) Degree
4 44 (8.09%) CEH
4 44 (8.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 36 (6.62%) Security Cleared
6 31 (5.70%) AWS Certification
7 23 (4.23%) SC Cleared
8 22 (4.04%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (3.13%) CCNA
11 16 (2.94%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 13 (2.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 13 (2.39%) Network+ Certification
12 13 (2.39%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (1.10%) CCNP
14 4 (0.74%) DV Cleared
14 4 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.76%) Accessibility
1 15 (2.76%) GDPR
2 11 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (2.02%) QA
3 9 (1.65%) GRC
4 7 (1.29%) NIST
5 6 (1.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 6 (1.10%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 4 (0.74%) JSP 440
7 4 (0.74%) NCSC
7 4 (0.74%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.74%) SLA
8 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 31000
8 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 92 (16.91%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (2.76%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.47%) Docker
6 7 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.74%) vSphere
8 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 41 (7.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.02%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.02%) Terraform
3 9 (1.65%) Ansible
4 4 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (0.74%) SolarWinds Orion
4 4 (0.74%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.37%) SCCM
6 1 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.18%) Grafana
6 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 369 (67.83%) Microsoft
2 120 (22.06%) ForeScout
3 26 (4.78%) VMware
4 19 (3.49%) SAP
5 17 (3.13%) Cisco
6 16 (2.94%) Databricks
7 14 (2.57%) ServiceNow
8 11 (2.02%) Workday
9 9 (1.65%) Epicor
9 9 (1.65%) Fortinet
9 9 (1.65%) SolarWinds
10 8 (1.47%) Adobe
10 8 (1.47%) Apple
11 7 (1.29%) MuleSoft
11 7 (1.29%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.10%) Aruba
12 6 (1.10%) Google
12 6 (1.10%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.10%) Pega
12 6 (1.10%) Veeam